Intravenous piggyback infusion control and monitoring system using wireless technology

Intravenous infusion is one of the most common treatments administered to patients. However, there are patients who undergo surgery, patients who are in a state of coma, and patients with dengue cases to name a few. This patient requires continuous medication and this treatment is called piggyback infusion. In such cases, continuous monitoring is an indispensable factor in patient care. Efficient monitoring and controlling can be made possible by using wireless control for the device. This paper is about a microcontroller-based intravenous piggyback infusion system that will monitor and control using Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). This paper also discusses remote wireless Ethernet-based communication which can monitor and control the infusion rate by using PC and Android mobile phone. This also discusses the implementation of an infrared sensor installed in the drip chamber of the intravenous infusion (IV) set which is capable of counting the drop rate in real time monitoring.